Part 864

<i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i>

<h1>Baggala</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bag"ga*la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ar. "fem. of <ets>baghl</ets> a mule." <ets>Balfour</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A two-masted Arab or Indian trading vessel, used in Indian Ocean.</def>

<h1>Baggily</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bag"gi*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a loose, baggy way.</def>

<h1>Bagging</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bag"ging</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Cloth or other material for bags.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of putting anything into, or as into, a bag.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The act of swelling; swelling.</def>

<h1>Bagging</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bag"ging</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>Reaping peas, beans, wheat, etc., with a chopping stroke.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Baggy</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bag"gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Resembling a bag; loose or puffed out, or pendent, like a bag; flabby; <as>as, <ex>baggy</ex> trousers; <ex>baggy</ex> cheeks.</as></def>

<h1>Bagman</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bag"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bagmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A commercial traveler; one employed to solicit orders for manufacturers and tradesmen.</def>

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<h1>Bag net</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bag" net`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A bag-shaped net for catching fish.</def>

<h1>Bagnio</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bagn"io</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>bagno</ets>, fr. L. <ets>balneum</ets>. Cf. <er>Bain</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; -- also, in Turkey, a prison for slaves.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A brothel; a stew; a house of prostitution.</def>

<h1>Bagpipe</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bag"pipe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A musical wind instrument, now used chiefly in the Highlands of Scotland.</def>

<note>&hand; It consists of a leather bag, which receives the air by a tube that is stopped by a valve; and three sounding pipes, into which the air is pressed by the performer. Two of these pipes produce fixed tones, namely, the bass, or key tone, and its fifth, and form together what is called the <i>drone</i>; the third, or <i>chanter</i>, gives the melody.</note>

<h1>Bagpipe</h1> <Xpage=112>

<hw>Bag"pipe</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make to look like a bagpipe.</def>

<cs><col>To bagpipe the mizzen</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to lay it aback by bringing the sheet to the mizzen rigging.</cd>

<i>Totten.</i> </cs>